By american



June 17 1924.

E. H. MEDN ONE-WAY STREET TRAFFIC SIGNAL Original Filed June 17. 1922 IIHWHW INYENTOR HTTGRNEY Reissued June 17, 1924.

UNITED STATES Re. 15,860 PATENT 0-FFlCE.-

ELOF H. KEDEN, DECEASED, LATE OF SHORT HILLS, NEW JERSEY; BY AMERICAN GASACCUMULATOR COMPANY, OF ELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNEE.

.ONE-WAY-STREET TRAFFIC SIGNAL.

Original 110. 1,484,840, dated February 26, 1924, Serial No. 568,977, filed June 17, 1822.

reissue filed May 3, 1924. Serial No. 710,957.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that ELOF H. MnmiN, deceased, formerly a subject of the King of Sweden, and a resident of Short Hills, in the county of Union and State of New J erse did invent an Improvement in Oneay-Street Traflic Signals, of which the following is a specification.

The handling of vehicular traflic in cities, particularly the crowded portions or sections thereof, is a somewhat difiicult problem on account of the great numbers of automobiles, trucks and the like which are moving to and fro through the streets, and in man cities, in an effort to simplify and obtain etter control of such trafiic, one-way streets have been established.

The purpose of this invention is to provide a mechanical means for indicating to the traveling ublic that a street is a oneway street wit respect to vehicular trafiic and to indicate further the direction in which such travel may move through such street.

The general object of the invention is to provide means for facilitating traflic in crowded sections of cities and for relieving the police and others of a great deal of work which must now be done by them in directing traflic through the proper streets.

A further object of the invention is to provide means of a character which is adapted to stand out prominently within or adjacent such one-way street and which also is adapted to resent signals to approaching vehicular tra c by which the attention of such traflic is arrested.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be pointed out in the detailed description which follows or will be apparent from such description, and in order that the invention may be readil understood and its practical advantages fu 1y appreciated, reference should be had to the accompanying drawing in which- Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the signaling device and of the upper portion of the pedestal or standard on which it is supported; and

Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof.

Referring to the drawing: 1 designates the pedestal or support for the signaling and directing device which comprises a hollow head 2 within which a suitable light Application for is adapted to show either in flashes or continuously. Such light may be of any character desired, as for instance, a gas burning light produced by a burner such as the burner 3 indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 1 of the drawing. j

The hollow head 2 is provided with four openings 5 and 6, as indicated, arranged within the four quadrants or segments of the globular hollow head 2, or, in other words, in ninety degree relation 'with'respec't to each other. The openings 5 are closed by means preferably of translucent lates or sheets such as frosted glass 7, whi e'tlie openings 6 are closed by means of concentrating or other lenses 8 of any preferred or known construction. The lenses 8 areof difi'erent'colors, one being red, as indicated,

and the other green. The former indicates -wardly of the walls thereof so that in the case of the plates 7 they are situated wholly inwardly of the planes of the outer edges of the openings in the head 2 while in the case of the lenses 8 only the central portions of the outer spherical surfaces thereof project beyond the planes of the outer edges of the openings in which they are situated.

Assuming that a trafiic signal of the character above indicated is located upon a street: a person approaching the same and observing the red signal would thereby be informed that he could not travel further in that direction on that street, but if in approaching the said signal he observed that the green signal was facing him, he would thereby be informed that trafiic in that direction on the said street was open and that he was free to continue in that direction. As a further indication of the direction in which traffic is permitted to move or flow arrows 10 are provided upon the translucent plates 7 within the openings 5.

The presence of the openings having the translucent plates 7 therein permits the emission of light rays so that the signal also operates as an illuminating device for pedestrians, because the said openings 5 and the 11% Wt the "street e W icfilar t'rafilc on which is controlled and guided by the signals or iniiormttiun given by the lenses 8. Although these lenses are described as being red and green respectively, it will be understood that they may be of other di'l'eieiit contrasting colors. I V Tfl emial idea of ih'ventioh is the device shall be provided with meansof th character indicated to inform vehicular a I v combined with means aisles i invention,

of the said openings 'wlii'ch'are situated in opposed relation to each other, one of the said light transmitting means being of a color to arrestv traflic moving toward the same and the other being of a color to permit the forward movement of traflic moving toward the same, sheets of light transmitting material situatedin and closing the htlrer two openings, said sheets having means thereon to indicate the direction in which vehicular traflic may move, the outer peripheral edges of said light transmitting means and said sheets beihg' situated in- 'waidly of the Walls of the said head, and lighting means within the said head, substantially asxa'nd for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof AMERICAN GASA'C- cUMULAToR CoMPANfr has caused its cororate seal to be aflixed hereunto, and signed y its president a'iid'attested by the signature of its secretary, the th day of April,"

IL. s.] AMERICAN eAsAcCuMuuTon COMPANY, A'ssi'gn'e of Eloz H. Melifl, Deceased,

By J. (I. 'BERGQUIST, y President. Attest:

V W. F, Ben's,

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